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Sounds of Summer: YA Fiction for Beach Reading | JLG’s Booktalks to Go Teen
Beaches. Late nights. No school. Such are the joys of summer. Yet for some teens, those few months give them more time to face their family’s dysfunction―or to make bad choices. This month’s selections...
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“This One Summer” Takes Home Canada’s Governor General Award
Illustrator Jillian Tamaki (left) and author Mariko Tamaki. Jillian Tamaki recently took home Canada’s prestigious Governor General Award for Illustration in an English Language Children’s Book...
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Graphic Novelists Reflect on School Visits
Illustration by Jillian Tamaki from This One Summer (First Second, 2014) Comics have come a long way from Little Lulu and Richie Rich, the Lone Ranger and the “All American Men of War” series. Young...
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Florida High Schools Restrict Access to “This One Summer”
In response to a complaint from a parent of an elementary school student, three high school libraries in Florida have restricted access to the award-winning This One Summer (First Second, 2014) by...
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“This One Summer” Restored to Henning, MN, School District Library, with...
The award-winning graphic novel This One Summer (First Second, 2014) has come under fire again. Last month, after a parent complaint, the librarian, principal, and superintendent at the Henning Public...
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